“I made a decision in 2024 to run for president — for the president of Ukraine,” Prigozhin said in an appeal published by the Wagner Orchestra Telegram channel.
He noted that he would compete with the incumbent President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and ex-president of the country Petro Poroshenko.
Earlier, Prigozhin said that the Ukrainian army was preparing a counteroffensive in the Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) area.